Template:Infobox ship/career
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This is a subtemplate of {{Infobox ship}} that supports the infobox's ship career data.
This subtemplate is used for articles on individual ships only. Multiple copies of the template may be used, either to cover different periods of a ship's history, or to access multiple copies of particular fields (primarily commissioned/recommissioned/decommissioned and in service/out of service) for more complex or convoluted careers. Alternately, multiple entries can be made into each field, with year ranges to indicate when the information was relevant.
This template supports these named parameters. Positional parameters are not supported.
|hide_header=– see Header parameters|country=– the nation associated with the ship; see Header parameters|flag=– the ensign (maritime flag) associated with a ship; see Header parameters
|name=– see Name|namesake=– see Namesake|owner=– see Owner|operator=– see Operator|registry=– see Port of registry|route=– see Route|ordered=– see Ordered|awarded=– see Awarded|builder=– see Builder|original_cost=– see Cost|yard_number=– see Yard number|way_number=– see Way number|laid_down=– see Laid down|launched=– see Launched|sponsor=– see Sponsored by|christened=– see Christened|completed=– see Completed|acquired=– see Acquired|commissioned=– see Commissioned|recommissioned=– see Recommissioned|decommissioned=– see Decommissioned|maiden_voyage=– see Maiden voyage|in_service=– see In service|out_of_service=– see Out of service|renamed=– see Renamed|reclassified=– see Reclassified|refit=– see Refit|struck=– see Stricken|stricken=– see Stricken|reinstated=– see Reinstated|homeport=– see Homeport|identification=– see Identification|motto=– see Motto|nickname=– see Nickname(s)|honours=– see Honours and awards|honors=– see Honors and awards|captured=– see Captured|fate=– see Fate|status=– see Status|career_notes=– see Notes|badge=– see Badge
Header parameters
hide_header
| History | |
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| Name | Example 1 |
| History | |
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| Name | Example 2 |
| History | |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Name | Example 3 |
| History | |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | |
| Name | Example 4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | |
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| Name | Example 5: |hide_header=title |
| Name | Example 6: |hide_header=yes |
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This parameter works with |country= and |flag= to control the display of the two header bars found at the top of the history section of a ship infobox. The two header bars are the simple 'History' bar and the 'Country' bar. The History bar serves as history or career section header for the infobox. The Country bar displays the ship's flag and country from |country= and |flag=.
The table below illustrates how the three parameters combine and the resulting display. See the examples in the infoboxen at right.
| parameters | header bars | examples | |||
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|hide_header= |
|country= |
|flag= |
Country | History | |
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1 | ||||
| set | |
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2 | ||
| set | |
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3 | ||
| set | set | |
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4 | |
title |
don't care | don't care | |
5 | |
yes |
don't care | don't care | 6 | ||
country
- The nation a ship is associated with; either the nation a warship belongs to, or the nation of registry for civilian ships. However, in case of civilian ships flying flags of convenience, this field should not be used.
- The country is placed in the infobox header. Do not use this field to indicate ranges.[clarification needed]
flag
- The ensign (maritime flag) associated with a ship.
- Warships will use the naval ensign of the operating navy, or the associated flag for non-naval entities (such as the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary or the United States Coast Guard).
- This field should be left blank for civilian ships, unless there is a clear and definite association between the ship and the nation of registry (including but not limited to vessels belonging to a government body or a national shipping line). If used, the nation's civil/merchant ensign should be used. Flags of convenience should not be depicted here.
- The flag depicted should be the last version of the flag flown by the vessel (or if multiple "Career" subtemplates are in use, the last version flown during the relevant part of the ship's history). For example, Australian warships that left service after 1967 will show the new (and current) Australian White Ensign, while ships that decommissioned before this flag came into use will use the old version.
- Use
{{Shipboxflag}}to maintain consistent image formatting across articles. - The flag is placed in the infobox header. Do not use this field to indicate ranges.
Parameter descriptions
These descriptions are listed by the label displayed in a rendered infobox.
Name
- The name of the ship in italic.
- If a ship carried multiple names over her career, all may be listed here. If doing so, indicate the years during which the particular name was used and separate them with a line break (e.g. "{{ubl|''Name 1'' (1992–2005) | ''Name 2'' (2005–present) }}"). Do not use bold font for the current name; the year range is enough to identify it. Both ascending and descending order are accepted, but the information in the following fields should be given in the same order. The year ranges may also be placed in front of the entry (e.g. "{{ubl|1992–2005: ''Name 1'' | 2005–present: ''Name 2'' }}").
- Avoid prefixes, unless the prefix is commonly used when referring to the ship (e.g. "RMS Queen Elizabeth 2" or "USS Enterprise", but not "MS Splendour of the Seas").
- Do not list warship pennant or hull numbers here. They should be detailed either in the
|identification=field, or in the article text.
Namesake
- If the ship's name originates from a particular person, location, event, or object, it may be added here. However, descriptions longer than a few words (e.g. a person's name or "Finnish for "potato"") should be placed in the article body.
Owner
- The company or organisation that owns the vessel.
- When multiple entries are made in this field, include year ranges.
- Leave this field blank for warships, as the combination of the
|country=and|flag=fields will generally be enough for readers to identify ownership.
Operator
- The company or organisation that operates or runs the ship.
- If the owner of the vessel is also the operator, this field may be left empty.
- If it is necessary to mention the charterer of the ship in the infobox, use a separate custom field for that.
Port of registry
- The nation and port of registry for a civilian vessel. This is generally found painted on the ship's stern.
- The nation of registry should be expressed as text, not as a flag symbol. A flag symbol may be used in addition, but only if such usage meets Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons.
- When multiple entries are made in this field, include year ranges.
Route
- If a civilian or merchant vessel has a long-term (multiple years +) association with a particular voyage path or route. Do not use this field for modern cruise ships, as their routes change on a regular basis.
Ordered
- The date that the ship was ordered from the shipbuilder.
Awarded
- For United States Navy vessels, the date that the contract to build the ships was signed/approved.
Builder
- The shipyard or other construction facility where the vessel was built.
- Usually, only the building company is listed here. The location of the shipyard may also be added, but avoid too much detail: anything more than a single 'location link' can be discussed in the body of the article or referred to with a link (for example [[Vickers-Armstrongs]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]] or [[BAE Systems Australia]], [[Williamstown, Victoria]], but not [[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Greenock]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]])
Cost
- The financial cost of building the ship, usually at the time of construction and using the currency of either the orderer or the builder. If other values are used (e.g. conversions), they should be specified and, if necessary, further discussed in the article.
Yard number
- An identifying number assigned for the ship by the builder during construction.
Way number
- If the particular slipway where a ship was built has been identified with a number, it may be added here.
- Rarely used for modern vessels.
Laid down
- The date on which the keel was laid down onto the slipway by the builder.
- For most ships, this is the point where construction of the vessel starts, and is usually accompanied by ceremony. Although modular construction techniques mean that fabrication of modern vessels can start prior to this, the first time a module is placed on the slipway or building dock is still recognised as the date a ship is laid down.
Launched
- The date a ship is launched, floated out, or other circumstance where the completed hull enters the water.
- Construction is not normally completed by this date. Take care not to confuse it with dates recognising the ship's entry into service (such as commissioning or maiden voyage)
Sponsored by
- The individual (usually a woman and sometimes referred to as a "launching lady") who does the whole ceremonial "smash-the-bottle,-launch-the-ship" thing as part of the launching ceremony.
- This is not to be used for any companies or organisations providing sponsorship of a vessel in exchange for advertising or naming rights.
Christened
- The date of the ceremony in which the ship formally and/or ceremonially receives her name (see Ship naming and launching)
- Only use this field if the naming/christening happened at a separate point in time to either the launching or commissioning ceremonies.
Completed
- The date construction work finished.
Acquired
- The date of delivery by the shipbuilder to the owner or operator. If it is the same as the completion date, this field may be left empty.
- Alternately, if the ship changes ownership and multiple, separate "Career" subtemplates are being used, the date the new owner/operator came into possession of the ship. Do not use this method if the change of ownership is being handled through multiple entries in the
|owner=field
Commissioned
- The date a warship was commissioned into naval service.
- Do not use for civilian merchant vessels.
Recommissioned
- If a naval vessel was decommissioned from service, then reactivated, use this field to add the new commissioning date
- Used best with multiple copies of the "Career" subtemplate (
|commissioned=and|decommissioned=fields in the first template,|recommissioned=and|decommissioned=in the second). - Do not use for civilian merchant vessels.
Decommissioned
- The date a warship was decommissioned or paid off from naval service.
- Do not use this field if events related to the ship's fate (such as loss in action) mean the ship was never formally decommissioned.
- Do not use for civilian merchant vessels.
Maiden voyage
- The dates and locations of the start and end of the ship's maiden voyage: the first recognised voyage in full service, usually carrying passengers or cargo.
- The transfer of a completed ship from the shipyard to its owner is not normally recognised as a maiden voyage; this is part of the sea trial or shakedown phase, which ensures the ship is working as built.
- Most commonly used for civilian passenger-carrying vessels.
In service
- The date a civilian vessel began operations.
- Alternately, this may be treated as a date range indicating the start and end points of a ship's career. If being used in this manner, ignore the
|out_of_service=field.
Out of service
- The date a civilian vessel ceased operations.
- If the
|in_service=field is being used with a date range instead of a set date, do not use this field.
Renamed
- If the ship changes names, the new names and corresponding dates may be listed here.
- If multiple names are listed in the
|name=field, ignore this field
Reclassified
- When a warship's classification is altered, the date and new classification may be listed here.
Refit
- If the ship underwent a major modification or refit, the start and end dates may be listed here.
Stricken (deprecated form: struck)
- When a ship is removed from an official register (such as the United States Navy's Naval Vessel Register), the date of removal (or striking) from the register should be listed here.
- This field does not include collisions or groundings a ship has experienced.
Reinstated
- If, after a ship has been stricken from a register, she is returned to service and is re-listed on that register, the date of reinstatement should be listed here
- Used best with multiple copies of the "Career" subtemplate.
Homeport
- The home port of the vessel (if different from
|registry=):- For civilian ships, this will be the primary port from which the ship operates (i.e. for cruise ships, the port in which cruises start and end). Port of registry (the one painted on the stern) should be listed in
|registry=. - For warships, this will be the ship's assigned naval base.
- For civilian ships, this will be the primary port from which the ship operates (i.e. for cruise ships, the port in which cruises start and end). Port of registry (the one painted on the stern) should be listed in
- When multiple entries are made in this field, include year ranges.
- For ships that change their home port on a regular basis (more than once every couple of years), consider ignoring this field and elaborating in the body of the article.
Identification
- Any identification numbers or codes for the vessel are listed here. This may include:
- for call signs use:
{{Call sign}} - for IMO numbers use:
{{IMO number}} - for MMSI numbers use: |
{{MMSI}}
- for call signs use:
- And it can also include pennant/hull numbers. (Although consider not using the field for hull numbers if these are indicated in the lead sentence of the article).
Motto
- If the ship has a motto, it should be listed here. Wrap non-English mottos in
{{lang}}templates followed by the English translation:
{{lang|la|''Natu Maximus Mandatum Traba''}}<br />(Oldest Commissioned Ship)
Nickname(s)
- If the ship has any nicknames, they should be listed here.
- Take care to ensure these are sourced (either in the infobox, or in the body of the article), and consider adding related context and/or circumstances to the article itself.
Honours and awards or Honors and awards
- Used to list any battle honours, battle stars, unit citations, or other unit awards awarded to the ship for her service.
- Do not list awards given to individuals, even if the award was for service aboard the vessel. Mention these awards in the relevant part of the ship's history.
- Avoid listing annual capability or competition awards (such as the Battle Effectiveness Award or the Gloucester Cup) to avoid bloat.
- British English (honours) and American English (honors) alternates are provided; delete whichever is inappropriate.
Captured
- When the ship falls into enemy hands, and whose hands they are.
- Keep it brief by only indicating the capturing nation and the date (i.e. "Antarctica, 30 February 2012"). Detail relating to the capture should be in the article.
- Follow up with a new "Career" subtemplate to discuss the ship's career with her captor.
Fate
- Used to indicate that a ship is no longer operational, and will not return to service in the future. This is usually when something pretty permanent happens to the ship, like sinking or scrapping. Rule of thumb: "Is the ship permanently below the surface, or in pieces?"
- Only list the event and the date it occurred (for example: "Sank following collision on 10 February 1964", or "Sold for scrap in 1975". Details such as location, cause, etc. should be discussed in the article.
- In the majority of cases,
|status=and|fate=are mutually exclusive. Unlike other redundant fields, leave|fate=in the article, as the ship's life will end one day.
Status
- Used to indicate that a ship is currently in service, or has been removed from service but is available for future use or preserved in some form. Rule of thumb: "Is the ship above the water and intact?"
- For active ships, consider using
{{Ship in active service}}or other means to indicate the last known date (generally year) the ship was active. However, if the ship is expected to remain in service in the near future and its decommissioning will not likely go unnoticed, simply|in_service=should be enough. - For inactive ships, indicate briefly what the ship is 'doing' (laid up, in reserve, preserved as museum ship, awaiting disposal, etc.) and, if deemed necessary, where it is moored.
- In the majority of cases,
|status=and|fate=are mutually exclusive. If the|fate=field is used, delete this field.
Notes
- Any other important information not covered by the other infobox fields, but not important enough for a custom field.
- This field should not be used for citations/references: either the citations should be attached to the specific entry, or the infobox should be treated as part of the lead section, with the citations attached to the information in the body of the article.
Badge
- An image or description of any naval heraldry, such as the ship's badge or crest, may be added here.
Custom fields
 West Virginia in San Francisco Bay, circa 1934. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | 5 December 1916 |
| Laid down | 12 April 1920 |
| Launched | 17 November 1921 |
| Commissioned | 1 December 1923 |
| Sunk | 7 December 1941 |
| Raised | 17 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 9 January 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1959 |
| Nickname(s) | "Wee Vee" |
| Fate | sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 33,590 tons |
| Length | 624 ft (190 m) |
| Beam | 97.3 ft (29.6 m) |
| Draft | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) |
| Speed | 21.0 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,407 officers and men |
| Armament | big guns |
It is possible to add custom fields to the infobox using standard Wiki table syntax. This is not encouraged, because infoboxes are intended to standardize the appearance of ship articles, but it can be done if needed. See the below example, where "Sunk:" and "Raised:" fields are added to the ship's career:
{{Infobox ship
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
|image=Uss west virginia bb.jpg
|image_caption=''West Virginia'' in San Francisco Bay, circa 1934.
|image alt=''West Virginia'' in San Francisco Bay, circa 1934.
}}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career
|caption=US
|flag={{USN flag|1947}}
|ordered=5 December 1916
|laid_down=12 April 1920
|launched=17 November 1921
|commissioned=1 December 1923
}}
|label3=Sunk
|data3=7 December 1941
|label4=Raised
|data4=17 May 1942
|section5={{Infobox ship/career
|hide_header=yes
|decommissioned=9 January 1947
|fate=sold for scrap
|struck=1 March 1959
|nickname="Wee Vee"
}}
section6={{Infobox ship/characteristics
|displacement=33,590 tons
|length=624 ft (190 m)
|beam=97.3 ft (29.6 m)
|draft=30.5 ft (9.3 m)
|speed=21.0 knots (39 km/h)
|complement=1,407 officers and men
|armament=big guns
}}
}}